Close the taps! Finding “A notable drop in water resources on the various management basins of the Vienna Department”the prefect decided to raise the measures of limitation of drinking water to the “alert” levels, as of Monday, August 11, 2025, at 8 a.m., said the prefecture, in a press release. She recalls that several measures to restriction on agricultural irrigation are already underway in different sectors. This new battery of limitations and prohibitions this time concerns all users, for all the municipalities of the department.
Are prohibited:
– The emptying and filling of non -collective swimming pools (volume greater than 1 m3), except upgrading and first filling if the site started before the alert level and only for a volume intended for the safety and integrity of the basin,
– washing vehicles by professionals, except with high pressure equipment or with a water recycling system,
– Washing vehicles in individuals,
– The cleaning of facades, glazing, roofs, sidewalks and other waterproofing surfaces prohibited unless carried out by a community or a professional cleaning company or linked to work carried out by a building company.
Are prohibited from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.:
– Watering from lawns, flower beds, pleasure gardens, green spaces,
– watering sports fields,
– watering vegetable gardens,
– Golf courses: prohibition to water golf courses from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. so to reduce water consumption on the weekly volume by 15 to 30 % (a sampling register must be filled weekly for irrigation).